1. My Dog Has Got No Manners
By Bruce Lansky

2. My dog has got no manners.
I think he’s very rude.

3. He always whines at dinnertime while we are eating food.

4. And when he’s feeling thirsty
And wants to take a drink,

5. He takes it from the toilet

6. Instead of from the sink.

7. He never wears a pair of pants.

8. He doesn’t wear a shirt.

9. But worse, he will not shower
To wash away the dirt.

10. He’s not polite to strangers.

11. He bites them on the rear.

12. And when I’m on the telephone
He barks so I can’t hear.

13. When I complained to Mom,
she said,“ I thought you knew:

14. The reason that his manners stink…

15. He learned by watching you.”